Hayward, who hit four 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds, helped the Chiefs make a 15-4 run in the third quarter after trailing Ketchikan 30-29 at halftime. It was the first time in four meetings this year that Metlakatla beat Ketchikan.

Willie Taylor added 13 points and 11 assists for the Chiefs, while Amos Hudson had 12 points and seven rebounds and Apollo Marsden added 12 points for Metlakatla. Chris Boyd grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out four assists to go with his six points.

Ketchikan was led by Russ Miller, who scored 18 points including three 3-pointers. Brandon Nicholas added 14 points for the Kings, while Jesse Richardson scored eight.

Ketchikan missed nine of its 14 free throws in the fourth quarter, spoiling any chance for a comeback. Metlakatla missed missed four of its seven free throws in the final quarter.

Ketchikan girls beat Metlakatla

Cassie White scored 27 points last Thursday as the Ketchikan High School girls basketball team claimed an 88-43 victory over the Metlakatla Miss Chiefs in Ketchikan.

Apollo Marsden scored 24 points as the Metlakatla High School boys basketball team claimed an 88-75 victory over the Wrangell Wolves Friday at Metlakatla. On Saturday, Brad Angerman scored 21 points as Wrangell earned a split of the two-game Region V-Class 3A series.

Ashley Hayward took over the fourth quarter on both Friday and Saturday nights as she led the Metlakatla girls basketball team to a two-game sweep of the Wrangell Wolves in a Region V-Class 3A series Wrangell. In Friday's game Hayward scored 10 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter as Metlakatla won 54-50, and on Saturday Hayward again scored 10 of her 20 points in the final period as the Miss Chiefs won 60-57.

Adrienne Taalak scored 19 points on Saturday as the Mount Edgecumbe girls basketball team beat the Haines Glacier Bears 49-31 at Mount Edgecumbe. On Sunday, in a game delayed because of ferry schedules, Taalak scored 25 points as the Braves beat Haines 53-45 to complete a sweep of the two-game Region V-3A series.

Led by 17 points Saturday and 19 on Sunday from Chris Boskofsky, the Mount Edgecumbe boys basketball team claimed a pair of Region V-3A victories over the winless Haines Glacier Bears at Mount Edgecumbe. The Braves won 78-34 on Saturday and completed the sweep with a 90-49 victory on Sunday.

Eric Alstrom, Peter Anderson and George Beans all scored 10 points for Mount Edgecumbe on Saturday. Jimmy Lampkins led Haines with 13 points and Luke Land added 10.

Darren Edenshaw and Beans both scored 12 points for the Braves on Sunday, with Toni Janti and Anderson adding 10 points each. Lampkins scored 20 points to lead the Glacier Bears and Matt Blood added 11.

Hoonah boys sweep Yakutat

The Hoonah boys basketball team outscored Yakutat 16-5 in overtime Saturday as the Braves claimed a 66-55 victory over the Eagles, clinching a sweep of a two-game Region V-Class 2A series in Hoonah. On Friday, Hoonah edged Yakutat 50-48.

On Friday, Dybdahl scored 21 points to lead the Braves, who also picked up eight points from Brown. Sensmeier scored 18 points to lead the Eagles and James added 13.

Hoonah girls sweep Yakutat

Alice Lee and Stacie Skaflestad both scored five points in the fourth quarter as the Hoonah girls came from behind to edge the Yakutat Eagles 31-29 Friday at Hoonah. On Saturday, Trissa Barros scored nine of her 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Braves pulled away to claim a 33-24 victory and a sweep of the two-game Region V-2A series.

Mitchell Snyder scored 29 points on Sunday and added 27 points on Monday as the Skagway boys basketball team claimed a sweep of a two-game Region V-2A series with the Yakutat Eagles in Skagway. The Panthers won 72-55 on Sunday and 68-52 on Monday.

On Monday, Kyle Ellis scored 12 points and Tyson Ames scored 10 points for the Panthers. James led the Eagles with 19 points and Martin Sensmeier added 16 points.

Skagway, Yakutat girls split

Kristina Knorr scored 24 points Sunday as the Skagway girls basketball team claimed a 46-42 victory over the Yakutat Eagles. On Monday Knorr scored 22 points, but it wasn't enough as Yakutat claimed a 35-34 victory to earn a split of the two-game Region V-2A series in Skagway.

In Sunday's game, Ashley Law added 11 points for the Panthers. Sheena Nelson scored 14 points to lead Yakutat and Bre Sharp had 11.

On Monday, Nelson scored nine of her 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead Yakutat and Lindsey Hershey added seven. Law scored 10 for Skagway, which led 23-19 entering the fourth quarter.

The Juneau Empire's Southeast Hoops Roundup is a weekly feature that rounds up the region's high school basketball results and usually runs on Wednesdays. Coaches should fax all of their boxscores to 1-907-586-3028 by Monday afternoon so standings can be updated each week, and they can also e-mail the information to cbingham@juneauempire.com (please no text attachments).